Background
Peter David was born on September 23, 1956, in Fort Meade, Maryland, United States to the family of Gunter and Dalia (Rojansky) David. He has two siblings: a brother and a sister. Peter was raised in Pennsylvania.
2007
David with writer Dan Slott at Jim Hanley's Universe.
465 Broughton Ave, Bloomfield, NJ 07003, United States
Peter David studied at Demarest Elementary School.
New York, 10003, United States
David graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
Peter David.
Peter David.
Peter David at a comics convention in the early 1990s.
(More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mi...)
More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mists of Avalon, King Arthur has returned. This time, he's prepared to rule the Camelot of a new millennium: New York City. Handsome, charismatic Arthur Penn is running for mayor on a platform of common sense, humor, and knightly virtues. His advisors include a gifted ten-year-old named Merlin; Percival, an immortal accountant; and Gwen, a lovely young woman with no end of problems. Their grassroots campaign steadily gains strength until scandal looms with the sudden emergence of Morgan Le Fay, Arthur's sorceress half-sister, and her son Mordred, the aspiring mayor's ambitious heir.
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1987
(The first-ever hardcover novel featuring the Incredible H...)
The first-ever hardcover novel featuring the Incredible Hulk. Dr. Robert Bruce Banner has led a life of endless struggling: against the rampaging beast within, struggling with obsessed army officers dedicated to hunting him down, struggling to provide his wife Betty with something akin to a normal life. The persecution by the army, combined with Betty s pregnancy, prompts Bruce to take desperate measures with an experimental operation.
https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Hulk-What-Savage-Beast/dp/0756759676
1995
(When the Thallonian Empire collapses, Captain Mackenzie C...)
When the Thallonian Empire collapses, Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the U.S.S. Excalibur are sent to Sector 221-G to report on the resulting chaos.
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1997
(A harrowing new adventure featuring one of Marvel Comics'...)
A harrowing new adventure featuring one of Marvel Comics' most enduring characters. Hounded by the U.S. Army for crimes he did not commit, the Hulk seeks refuge in an experimental procedure that will permanently transform him back to his human incarnation of Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, and be rid of his green-skinned alter ego forever.
https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Hulk-Behemoth-Stan-Lee/dp/0785106596
1998
(The beginning of an exciting new adventure that continues...)
The beginning of an exciting new adventure that continues the Babylon 5 legacy. Bombed to the brink of oblivion, the planet Centauri Prime is starting the slow and painful process of rebuilding, under the watchful eye of Emperor Londo Mollari. But Londo is in turn being watched, and manipulated by the conquest-hungry Drakh. The malevolent beings are reshaping the Centauri Republic into a secret seat of power from which to strike out at their enemies, especially the Interstellar Alliance.
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1999
(Every heroic fantasy has its hero - the dashing, handsome...)
Every heroic fantasy has its hero - the dashing, handsome, fearless warrior who will rush into battle, slaughter the forces of evil, secure in the knowledge that he will save the day and win the favor of the (always beautiful and virginal) princess of the land, and live happily ever after. This is not about that guy. Apropos is the son of a prostitute, born of a gang-rape by a bunch of drunk knights, and his mother is convinced that the universe has Great Things planned for him.
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2019
Peter David was born on September 23, 1956, in Fort Meade, Maryland, United States to the family of Gunter and Dalia (Rojansky) David. He has two siblings: a brother and a sister. Peter was raised in Pennsylvania.
Peter spent his childhood in Bloomfield. He studied at Demarest Elementary School. When it was time for higher education, Peter entered New York University to study journalism. His interest in writing grew from his father who was a journalist.
Before taking on a full-time writing career, Peter David tried himself in journalism and book publishing. He served at the Philadelphia Bulletin, worked as an assistant to the editor-in-chief at the E.P. Dutton, was responsible for sales and distribution at Playboy Paperbacks, grew up from assistant direct sales manager to sales manager at legendary Marvel Comics.
Eventually, in the 1980s, Peter David dedicated himself to writing. Up to now, Peter has had over fifty novels published. Among them: Sir Apropos of Nothing, the sequel The Woad to Wuin, Knight Life, Howling Mad, and the Psi-Man adventure series. He is the author of the bestselling Star Trek: New Frontier series produced the three Babylon 5 Centauri Prime novels.
Peter’s comic book resume includes an award-winning twelve-year run on The Incredible Hulk, and he has also worked on such varied and popular titles as Supergirl, Young Justice, Soulsearchers and Company, Aquaman, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, X-Factor, Star Trek, Wolverine, The Phantom, Sachs & Violens, and many others.
Besides, Peter David has been running his own column But I Digress in the industry trade newspaper The Comic Buyers’s Guide for nearly a decade.
Peter is the co-creator of the science fiction series Space Cases, which ran on Nickelodeon. He has also written several films for Full Moon Entertainment and co-produced two of them.
Peter David has been honored not only nationally, but also internationally. His numerous awards include the Spanish Haxtur Award, Australian OZCon, and UK Comic Art Award.
Peter has made it to the New York Times Bestseller List. His bestsellers include Star Trek: New Frontier, The Incredible Hulk, and Spiderman.
(Every heroic fantasy has its hero - the dashing, handsome...)
2019(More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mi...)
1987(A harrowing new adventure featuring one of Marvel Comics'...)
1998(The beginning of an exciting new adventure that continues...)
1999(When the Thallonian Empire collapses, Captain Mackenzie C...)
1997(The first-ever hardcover novel featuring the Incredible H...)
1995Initially, Peter David belonged to Conservative Judaism. However, it is known that from 2003 David has been supporting the ideas of Reform Judaism.
David has always criticized both Republicans and Democrats. For instance, he publicly spoke against Donald Trump administration policy almost weekly.
Peter David supports openly the rights of the LGBT community and, being himself of Jewish origin, speaks out in favor of Israeli rights. David confronts the idea of capital punishment and is an active proponent of gun control and freedom of speech.
Quotations:
"That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of all, there is trust. Trust in your fellows. When you are an adult...then comes suspicion, hatred, and fear. If children ran the world, it would be a place of eternal bliss and cheer. Adults run the world; and there is war, and enmity, and destruction unending. Adults who take charge of things muck them up, and then produce a new generation of children and say, "The children are the hope of the future." And they are right. Children are the hope of the future. But adults are the damnation of the present, and children become adults as surely as adults become worm food. Adults are the death of hope."
"If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up."
"Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all threads tie together in a neat bow and everything moves smoothly from one point to the next to the next. In real life, though... nothing makes sense. Bad things happen to good people. The pious die young while the wicked live until old age. War, famine, pestilence, death all occur randomly and senselessly and leave us more often than not scratching our heads and hurling the question 'why?' into a void that provides no answers."
"There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point."
"It matters not how it seems. All that matters is what is, and I will simply have to deal with whatever that happens to be."
Peter David is said to have a very good sense of humor and stands out for the ability to remain in good spirits no matter how awful the situation is. In his writing, David often reflects real-world issues and his personal life.
Quotes from others about the person
A Publishers Weekly reviewer: "David knows how to spin a story, entertaining the reader with pathos, bathos, mythos, and psychos."
In June 1977 Peter married Myra Kasman. Before they separated in 1996, the couple gave birth to three daughters: Shana, Guinevere, and Ariel. On May 26, 2001, David married Kathleen O'Shea, his childhood friend. Peter and Keith have one daughter Caroline.